Welcome to the 26th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena

Welcome to the 26th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena (ISTP-26). The international conference provides a forum for researchers, scientists and engineers from all over the world to exchange information, to present new information and to engage in discussion on the future directions and priorities in the areas of transport phenomena. The renewal and making of friendship for participants are the further objectives of the ISTP-26 for the future world.Transport phenomena include the flow of fluid, heat and mass transfer, multiphase flow, micro and nano problems, thermal management of electric and electronic systems, energy conversion and saving technologies both on the ground and in space.

HISTORY MONTANUNIVERSITAET LEOBEN

The dramatic development of mechanical engineering and transportation at the beginning of the 19th century in Austria meant that alpine mining and metallurgy needed to step up a gear. This was only going to be possible with academically trained experts and so the "Steiermärkisch - Ständische Montanlehranstalt" (Styrian Corporate School of Mining) opend on 4 November 1840. An imperial decree on 31 July 1904 changed the name to "University of Mining" and made it entirely equivalent to a technical university by allowing it to award doctoral degrees.Based on the 1975 Austrian University Organisation Act, the University of Mining has been known as Montanuniversitaet Leoben since 1 October 1975. Having crossed the 1000-student threshold in 1981, student numbers for 2014/15 reached approx. 3,800 – the highest since the university was founded.